Necktie-holder.



J. W.QDU FF NECKTIE HOLDER. APPLICATION map 111N515. I917.

Patented Np v. 27,1917. l

INVENTOR WITNESSES ATTORNEY JOHN W. DUFF, 01E HOUSTQN, TEXAS.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented .251 or. am it Application filed June 15, 1917. Serial No. 17%,996.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J OHN W. DUFF, a citi-v zen of the United States, residing-at Houston, in the county of Harris and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Necktie-Holders, of which. the following is a specification.

This invention relates to necktie holders and contemplates the provision of a holder which may be either used in connection with. a four-in-hand or bow tie.

An object of the present invention'is to provide a holder which is adapted-to be secured within-a tie and is provided with means for engagement with the collar button, the said button engaging means being laterally offset so as to compel the holder to support the tie in the proper position, the holder being also provided with means engageable beneath the collar for holding the tie in proper position.'

A further object of the invention is the provision of a necktie holder which includes a frame adapted to be positioned beneath the collar, the said frame being adjustable transversely so that it may be adapted to collars of diiferent heights, one of the con necting bars of this frame being extensible for the purpose-of aiding in this adjustment.

With these and other objects in view, the invention consists of the following novel combination and arrangement of parts, hereinafter more fully described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure l is'a perspective view of a collar and tie having the improved tie holder applied thereto.

Fig.2 is a rear elevation of the holder and tie detached from the collar.

Fig; 3 is a rear elevation. of a holder ap plied to a bow tie.

Fig. 4. is a perspective view of the holder shown in Fig. 3, and

Fig. 5 is a similar view of the holder shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

' Referring to the drawings in detail, the reference character 10 indicates generally the frame of the holder which is formed with a single strand of spring wire, bent intermediate its ends to provide a loop 11 for engagement over the collar button. The loop is odset from the frame as indicated at 12, so that the same frame may force the tie to lie slightly away from the collar, in order to prevent the said tie from having aflat appearance. The holder also includes the substantially parallel vertical arms 13 and the oppositely extending members 14, which latter form the lower connecting bar of the frame 10. Themembers 1d are continued to form the pointed angular ends 15 and down wardly extending inclined. limbs is, which are continued to form the upper connecting bar 1'1.

The upper bar 1? is formed of the overlapping ends 18, which terminate in eyes 19, which are engaged over the opposite ends to form a sliding joint.

The formation. of the connecting bar 17 and the ends are such as to permit the frame to be bent for transverse adjustment in order that it may be fitted to collars of different heights, so tint the ti 1 will be positioned at the upper edge 0' collar and not leave a gap or intervening space between the top edge of the tie and the to of the collar, the manner ofadjustment being illus trated by the dotted line position of Fig. 2.

In order to adapt the holder to ties of the bow type the vertical parallel arms 13 are of a shorter length, so that the loop 12 will lie behind the bow Having described the invention, what is claimed is:

l. A necktie holder formed of a single strand of spring wire bent intermediate its ends to form a laterally ofiset collar button engaging element, a spring frame formed by a continuation of the button engaging element and a longitudinally adjustable bar included in said frame.

2. A necktie holder formed of single strand of spring wire bent intermediate its ends to form a laterally ofiiset collar button engaging element, a spring frame formed by a continuation of the button engaging clement and means including a longitudinally adjustable bar whereby said frame may be adjusted transversely to accommodate collars of different heights.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

@llll W. BUFF. 

